Use-after-free in the SVG component
Affects Mozilla Firefox's SVG component. CVSS rates it 8.8 (high). Fixed in Firefox 160.
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- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- Fixed in Firefox 160
- Who is exposed
- Specific setups only
Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: Firefox 160.
- Published
- Last modified
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 22/100 · provisional
- How many real-world setups can hit the bug, from the vendor's advisory and CISA data. It does not know your setup.What do these mean? →
- Specific setups only
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: total
Summary
Use-after-free in the SVG component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 160.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation0/40No signal
- Exposure12/25Specific setups only, reachable over the network without a login
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity9.8/10CVSS 8.8, total technical impact per CISA
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 72 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 67 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed version: Firefox 160.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Mozilla Firefox
Version range not reported
Evidence 2
- Link
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Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-124904
Is CVE-2026-124904 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
What does this mean?
A use-after-free in Firefox's SVG component means the browser can keep using memory after it has been released. The advisory does not describe what an attacker gains beyond this.Source: mozilla.org
Am I affected, and how do I check?
The available facts do not list affected version ranges or setups, so the affected versions are not stated here. To check a installation, compare the version shown under Help > About Firefox with the fixed release, Firefox 160.Source: mozilla.org
How do I fix CVE-2026-124904?
The advisory's fix is in Firefox 160, so updating to Firefox 160 or later is the stated remedy.Source: mozilla.org